Safety hammer



Feb; 5, 1929. 1,700,830

I 0 M. c. BELIKAN v SAFETY HAMMER Filed Sept. 21, 1927 s, we.

Patented iee'aa ma'r'rnnw cams BELIN, or enicaeo, rumors.

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Application flIed September 21, 1927, Serial No. aaaeee.

Figure 2 is an end elevation; Figure 3 is a top edge view; Figure 4 is abottom edge View.

\ The invention comprises afhammer head 9, having a peen portion 1, aclaw portion 2 and ayconnecting eye portion 3. A side'elevation. oiitheeye portion 3 is rhomboidal in character s clearly shown in Figure 1,with the result at the said peen and claw portions are ob-.

. 20 hquely or angularly connected by the said' eye portion, the clawportion being disposed rearwardly of the peen portion. portion 3 isformed with the tapered eye 4, the same tapering and narrowing from theFigure 1 isa side elevation of the improved 10 tool; 7 I I outer slopingface 5 to the inner sloping face mer head cannot fly off of the handlein the process of ordinary use, being restrained by thesaid expanded end10. At the same time the sloping face of the said expanded end 10 4eprevents the peen portion 1 from forcing outwardly and out of its normalposition perpendicular to the extended axis of the handle.

" The result of this structure is that the handle need not be wedgedtightly into the 15 eye, but may rest therein'rather loosely so as tofacilitate removal of the handle when desired. A screw 12 is passedthrough the screw hole 7 into the handle, as means for preventing thehammer" head from sliding 4h ack upon the handle. In, addition to thesafety features-of the structure shown, the form of hammer here providedfacilitates the pulling of Ion nails, as the tool first has 7 a fulcrumupon t e outwardly curved .face 55 of the claw portion 2 and finallyuponthe sloping faces 5 and 10 of the eye portion and handle end.

The use and operation of the tool are described in the foregoingspecification.

Any minor changes may be made in the structure within the scope of theappended claim. j

Iclaim:

A hammer head having peen anglclaw portions obliquely connectedby jarho'r'riboidal eye portion bringing the-claw portion back from the frontof the eye portion so'that the latter may fulcrumv on the end of ahandle received inthe eye portion.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

I CHARLES BELIKAN.

